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#432 Jul 28, 2012
"A better way to hold these discussions is not to post so lengthy. I am sorry, but I don't have time for that."
the length of my replies is determined by how many things you say i feel need corrected, if you didnt make me repeat myself so often it would be less of an issue. i do however regret having to make my posts so lengthy, as it is obvious you are not, and have not been taking any effort to read them thoroughly...perhaps just skim-reading them before resorting to standard christian, default reples. this would explain why i have to constantly repeat myself - examples below
"You act like you have all the answers, " #390
which as ive now had to point out so many times is a proposterously idiotic thing to say when YOU have made the statement
"There are no flaws in my faith. The only flaw is presuming there is a flaw"
i have had to point out this absurdity 4 times (posts #391,#398,#403,#404,) and you still dont get it and in fact REPEAT it again later
"Thedave, there are not problems in my faith. It is your perception of my faith that is the issue. To me, faith in God is perfectly fine and valid." #411
when you say your faith has no flaws you are saying that i and all other skeptics are 100% wrong. you are not open to even the possibility that your faith has flaws and may not be false. this is what you have said - in context. i have pointed this out to you 5 times now...
how then can you seriously repeatedly accuse me of 'coming to conclusions before the matter has even been discussed'#393, aim the accusation that i 'consider anything besides your way of thinking faulty'#396 and state 'I don't know why you even ask questions, you have it all figured out anyway :-)'#401
the same thing is brought up again #402 when you say "I was more than happy to explain to Dave why I believe in God, but he seems to know all the answers already (although he professes not to)"
ill post out now for the 6th time the absurdity of this while you openly express that 'There are no flaws in my faith.' i will not let this go - nor should i. the absurdity continues even on to post #418
"Thedave, what is ridiculous is that you ASSUME you have the answers. We both know that we stand on polar opposites of the spectrum on God and belief, so I don't know what you are trying to prove by saying your belief is 100% correct and mine is a fantasy."
repeating such statements time and time again while adamantly expressing as i have quoted now oh so many times that 'There are no flaws in my faith.' is a disgrace, on an intellectual or moral level depending on how obtuse you are to your own idiocy in this case. i will shamelessly throw that quote about all day, its ridiculous. not once have you shown me where i said i am '100% correct' or 'know it all'- such a quote doesnt exist. i can quite happily show you examples of you saying your belief is 100% correct...and have done about 10 times now.
"At the best, you really should not act like you have refuted Christianity, but rather approach it with a skeptical approach, such as "according to what I can tell, it is unlikely Christianity is true, etc." To simply denounce it - you truly don't have enough proof for that. You have FAITH that it is false based on observations."
again - what am i reading here? i HAVE refuted christianity in my own mind after years of spiritual and philosophical consideration. i have refuted christianity in the exact same way you have accepted it. you act like i am not allowed my opinions or am some fanatic who is incapable of discussion when you are the one making bold statements like 'there are no flaws in my faith'. irony of ironies - a christian telling someone they dont have enough evidence to say they dont believe in something.
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#433 Jul 28, 2012
thedave, I saw your last words there. You have refuted it. I honestly have been too busy to get back on here and respond, but I am not going to waste your time. You are a genius in your own mind. Whenever you wake up from your slumber, send me a message - I will be more than happy to enlighten you about the love and grace of Christ.
London, UK
#434 Jul 28, 2012
there are no flaws in your faith...i think it is you who needs to wake up from your slumber sir
the love and grace of christ means as much to me as the love and grace of napoleon or hitler. theyre dead people...theyre irrelevant
and i love the opener 'i saw your last words' which i can assume (terrible me with my assumptions) means you didnt read my post in full...nothing new there.
you make it sound like there is something wrong with me refuting christianity...which is a good prerequisite to fruitful discussion. do you think my prior feelings of atheism/agnosticism/antitheism automatically exclude me from entering a discussion about christianity/faith/the bible?
Candás, Spain
#435 Jul 29, 2012
Thedave, I have immense respect for you. Keep it up.
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#436 Jul 29, 2012
As for those who are genuine seekers of truth, who don't dismiss the hand of God as thedave has, I will give testimony to prayers answered by the hand of God As I mentioned, people such as thedave will be quick to dismiss these miracles, because they are contradictory to their "evidence", and that would be a shame to find out that God is real for them.
But I will testify to a few of the miracles that God has done in my life.
I already testified to the hailstorm incident in previous passages.
I had a time when God wanted me to get a cellphone for ministry purposes, yet I did not have the money. It was $100 to get the first payment going. I told God that I would get the cell phone, but He had to provide the first $100. That was on a Saturday. On Monday, I came into work, and there was an envelope laying on my desk with $100 in it. I went and got the cell-phone, keeping my end of the deal with God.
My son is a miracle in itself. My wife has been told countless times by doctors that she could not get pregnant. She had been in many relationships before me, and never once got pregnant. When we got married, she said "Don't worry about kids - I cannot have any." I told her, "That is not what the Bible says." I took her to Hannah in 1 Samuel who prayed for God to open her womb, and God answered her prayer. We prayed diligently for 6-7 months, and I finally petitioned God to keep His word that Margaret too would become pregnant. Right after that, Margaret became pregnant with Noah. Doctors were amazed.
These are just three of MANY, MANY prayers I have had answered. For the unbeliever, they will always be ridiculous, because they do not want to believe. Their hearts are too hard to deal with the fact that there really is a loving God who is concerned about their life. For the ones who have ears to hear, it makes the difference - they are the ones who will receive from the hand of the LORD.
I didn't even testify about my uncle being raised from the dead after I prayed for Him. It wouldn't matter anyway to someone who is too hard-hearted and hard-headed to listen. But for those who really want a miracle in your life, you need to learn to PRAY DILIGENTLY. Forget those who mock you - you will see their end come to pass. The wicked mock God and receive the due fruit of their arrogance, while the humble will receive blessings from the hand of the Lord.
If you genuinely want to see good come to pass in your life, you need to come to Jesus humbly. You cannot believe the lie of man, the report that says it is impossible. All things are possible to Him who believes. They mocked Jesus when He did miracles, and even today they mock. I just heard a testimony of a friend's dog who had two lame rear legs that were healed after prayer. All things are possible, even to animals, to Him that believes.
Blackwood, UK
#437 Jul 29, 2012
Okay okay. YOu say that there are no flaws in your faith, yet the very definition of faith is belief without evidence. THerefore anyone approaching faith with a logical or reasonable mind would reject it, that leaves only the lesser, weaker minded who embrace faith.
On to these miracles you claim to have happened to you, your wife's pregnancy could quite easily have been a misdiagnosis or prognosis and down to chance.
ABout your grandpa, you need to specify the conditions of his death. it may seem silly to say that but the footballer was clinically dead for over an hour before being saved.
Moreover every single time prayer experiments have been conducted they have brought up nothing. ANy encounters with god are delusions.
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#438 Jul 29, 2012
Faith is not belief without evidence. Faith is given THROUGH evidence. Biblically, we begin learning faith through hearing (Romans 10:17), but the FAITH produces results, such as my uncle rising from the dead after praying for God to spare his life. So while you think FAITH is symptomatic of weak-minded individuals, you are helpless to the elements of the universe, while I can petition the maker of those elements to do supernatural miracles. What is more weak-minded - to see the possibility and examine it, or to instantly dismiss it without checking out its validity? No true truth-seeker (or scientist, we will say) denies any potential evidence - all leaves are turned in search of the answer.
Sure, a misdiagnosis by multiple doctors over the years, plus a bunch of impotent males over the years. I find it amazing that such an intelligent individual as you finds such a quick dismissal of potential evidence for miracles...not much of a truth-seeker.
My uncle was literally on his deathbed and I prayed to God to spare his life so that he would not go to hell. My uncle had saved my life when I was about 6 or 7 from drowning. Right after I prayed (across the state at that), I find out that my uncle was out of his deathbed. He was a totally different individual as well - my whole family was blown away. God gave him one last chance to get his heart right - he gave his heart to Jesus and got baptized, and three weeks later he peacefully passed away. This was an answer to my prayer - that Donald would not go to hell. God spared him.
The true delusion is walking through this world and denying that there is NO God. If you have something against Christianity, fine. I think Jesus proved Himself quite well, fulfilling MULTIPLE prophecies concerning His life, death and resurrection, plus the Holy Ghost that still continues to operate in the church today. But even not counting that, to say there is no God is an infinitesimally small chance, considering how perfect this universe operates on one set of principles, or even how our planet sits so perfectly on an axis at the perfect distance from the sun, or that the blend of materials in the air are the perfect blend for life, etc. There are too many factors to dismiss the concept of God. That is the great delusion, that God doesn't exist. If you have a problem with Christianity, maybe it is your understanding, but it is through FAITH that I see REALITY happen SUPERNATURALLY.
In the future, if you are going to claim to be a truth-seeker, you should not be so quick to dismiss possibilities. Even when thedave mentioned miracle claims in other religions, I did not dismiss them. I simply said I didn't know about them. It isn't fair for me to judge what I don't know about.
Blackwood, UK
#439 Jul 29, 2012
Everyone is helpless to the elements of the universe. what makes you, or anyone for that matter so superior and special that you can call upon the supernatural force of a god and expect him to respond instantly when there are hundreds dying in Africa daily. Why does god not save them?
There is also a complete breakdown of logic here, you pray for your uncle, he recovers slightly so you assume god intervened only for him to die threes weeks later. Doesn't it make you wonder what the point was,
Also, the possibility of a supernatural deity has been examined and been found to be far less likely than the current scientific understanding of how the universe came about. This is beside the point as it is the duty of the proposing party to prove their theory rather than expect others to attempt to disprove it and then say it can't be disproved because it is transcendent. THere are many things that can't be proved not to exist like unicorns and fairys, but very few people believe in them.
The universe exists as perfectly as it does because it is one of and infinite number of universes that have existed and collapsed because their physical properties were not balanced until one existed in which they were.
You are wrong about me being quick to dismiss that which I do not understand. I look into the science and draw my conclusions from the EVIDENCE!
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#440 Jul 29, 2012
You accept that you are helpless. That is what you believe, or what you have FAITH in. The idea that you are helpless, which is contrary to the Word of God. Because God answers my prayers makes Him contradictory that there is suffering in this world? Jesus promised in the end times that there would be famines and pestilences...please tell me where He contradicted Himself then. If you are concerned with the idea that there are famines in Africa, what are you doing about it? God gave you the ability to help others in need, but instead you mock Him because you aren't doing your job to help those who are suffering.
Should God have given my uncle longer than 3 weeks? What level of time is satisfactory here? I asked God to save him from hell, not give hima much longer life. He gave his heart to God within a week and quickly got baptized, and then after he had prepared himself, he passed away. If you had known my uncle, you would have known that the old version of him before the answered prayer was totally different to the one who came up off the death-bed. God not only touched his body, but also his heart.
According to whatever sources you are claiming, God is less likely than no God, but you have no proof - only FAITH that there is no God. The difference is that I am seeing physical manifestations of God's hand through prayer, while you are seeing none because you refuse to do what He asked you to do - "Ask, and ye shall receive". However, many pray selfish prayers, not according to God's will, and they wonder why they don't receive. Prayers must be done in humility, with FAITH, putting God's will first, and not your own. When you become a Christian, you don't belong to yourself anymore - you are the property of Jesus Christ.
Your theory on universes is not proved - it is a theory. It is a good idea, but not proven. Have you ever seen another universe? No - but you believe in it. Have you ever seen God - no, but you don't believe in Him. You have FAITH in man's theories, but not in God's Word, which tells about Jesus coming to earth in the flesh to do the will of the Father.
I am right to conclude you dismiss the evidence, because you fail to test it. You make hypothesises about how my prayers got answered, or how I got the intended results, without testing the theories for yourself. If God is testable, then test it. But you must come humbly, or you will see no results. This is also part of the test.
Blackwood, UK
#441 Jul 29, 2012
I know I am helpless. I know I am an insignificant speak of carbon and other elements in an incomprehensibly vast universe and I have consciousness because of electrical signals in my brain. Nothing I bad do will prevent my consciousness from terminating. THat is why everyone is helpless. I DONT have faith in that I is what I can see from the evidence.
I don't think you quite understand me. I am saying why would god choose to help your uncle and not the countlesg others in need?
Again no. I do not believe in god because I have seen on evidence for his existence. That is not faith. THere is a difference between believing there is no god and not believing there is a god.
Again I do not have faith in man's theories, I draw my conclusions from the available evidence and the most plausible explanation. Maybe a small amount of trust is required but only because science has not had long enough to develop and test and work its theories. ANd Damn right I am going to put more faith into scientific theories than the stories from a two thousand year old book.
And stop saying I dismiss the evidence. I am a scientist, I adjust my view based on what i observe. Faith is the denial of observation so that belief can be maintained
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#442 Jul 29, 2012
You CONFESS that you are helpless. That is the problem. If you speak death over yourself, then that is all you will receive. Life and death are in the power of the tongue. You have further convinced yourself that you are nothing more than electrical currents, which truly is a very sad state of affairs. Basically you deny "yourself" (your soul) and chalk it up to a blend of chemicals. That must be terribly depressing.
My uncle is not the only one God has helped. There are many others who God has helped, but it doesn't mean there will never be famine nor suffering on this world. God promised that in the last days there would be an increase in evil upon the planet, such as natural disasters, famines, pestilences, etc. These are the byproducts of sin in the land.
Well, you stated it yourself - you have FAITH in something. Faith is for the weak-minded...unless we have faith in man only.
A scientist reviews the evidence and tests it. You have heard the evidence, and you gave a hypothesis that contradicted my hypothesis. I say God did it, and you say it was coincidence (every single answered prayer, not just the 4 I mentioned in the text).
FAITH is based on God's Word, not on observation. FAITH is seeing that which will be before it is even there. I saw Noah would be born long before he was born, contrary to the expert opinions of the educated geniuses who spend 10 years in school to tell others about their bodies. I mean, with the most advanced equipment to diagnose my wife's ovarian state, they knew beyond the shadow of a doubt (trust me, more than one diagnosis along the way) that my wife was unable to conceive. But FAITH superceded the doctor's review. You want to know the truth? I believe my wife used to be unable to conceive, but God changed that. All things are possible to him that believes.
So no, I won't quit saying that about you not being a truth-seeker. So many atheists chalk up my experience and understanding to a weak, naive mind, but when I challenge their intellectual capabilities to examine the evidence, they quickly dismiss it without testing it. Not much of a scientist when it comes to the realms that are beyond what the five senses perceive. But that is okay - your specialty is not in the supernatural, but only the natural. It is understandable you don't want to venture into seeing if God is real. Just don't expect me to take it easy on you when you claim to examine the evidence - it is obvious that you don't.
#443 Jul 29, 2012
Scientology is the only TRUE religion!
Ridgewell, UK
#444 Jul 30, 2012
The fact that I am a realist and do not fear death and do not accept that have a soul does not mean I am unhappy. On the contrary I am quite content with my life.
THat is my point though. WHy would god inflict theses evils upon us? You say that it is because of original sin, but did not god come down from the heavens and get crucified specifically for the purpose of forgiving our sin?
I don't have faith. I said I would be more likely to put faith into scientific theories than some random story book, IF faith was required in science
YEs is say it was coincidental that your four prayers were "answered" and not the millions of others that go unanswered.
You have faith in god. FAith which is based on The bible and few "miracles" that have been claimed to have happened. Not the actual evidence. As for your "vision" of your son's birth. Quite possibly you could have wanted that event to become reality so badly that your brain at some point created for itself an imagined scenario in which it did. I am not saying that You are definitely wrong, I am merely eenlightening you to other possible explanations.
And scientists do examine the evidence. That is their job. THey test everything and dismiss nothing until a theory becomes fact. And of course we can't examine the supernatural. THat is why it is supernatural. If we could examine it it would be NATURAL.
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#445 Jul 30, 2012
LOL I believe you are joking, but for the sake of the conversation (and for those who may not be aware of what Scientology really is about)... after over a good year of study on Scientology, I would say it is one of the most sly, destructive cults around. Every piece of info that has anything remotely criticizing the group is taught to be entheta (spiritually destructive in a sense, almost poisonous for the Scientologist to mentally ingest). The members are literally hypnotized piece by piece, step by step through training routines until their "reactive mind" is erased (in other words, until they are in a complete trance and fully susceptible to anything Hubbard teaches. I could go on forever, but there is plenty of good info about Scientology from ex-Scientologists out there. Check out Operation Clambake, for instance. I just read the story about Margery Wakefield, which was very educational in a sense about the everyday affairs of the life of a Scientologist. Also read about Debbie Cooke and RPF, for instance, to get a bit of an idea how they treat even their highest ranking members. It is a sad sham.
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#446 Jul 30, 2012
If you call that being a realist, but I think you are missing reality on it. However, that is neither here nor there. To me, the real you is not your flesh - it is your soul, which is who "you" are. The flesh is nothing more than a vessel that you live in temporarily.
God did not inflict these sins upon us. We inflicted them upon ourselves through original sin (which you correctly mentioned), and yes Jesus paid the price for sin, but not everyone has embraced that forgiveness. If everyone truly had Jesus to be their Lord (and I am not talking about hypocrites who say they are Christian and go do terrible violent things to people), there would be no wars. There would be peace. People would have compassion on the sick and try to reach out to help those in need. In reality, even when a person gets saved and walks with God, there will still be periods of ups and downs (mountains and valleys). God uses the valleys, or the tough times in life, to humble us and cleanse us of sin. But as far as the famines and such, these things will not end in truth until Jesus returns again to rule and reign upon the earth.
FAITH is required to a degree in science. The math can add up, but still not see the real results. A perfect example of this would be the Higgs Boson which is recently being "discovered". I believe that they have actually proven it now, unless I am correct. However, for years it was a theory that had to be taken by FAITH. The signs were there, but no PROOF as of yet. There are many THEORIES, such as M-Theory for instance. Could it be true? Perhaps. But the Bible is no mere random story book. Jesus came 2,000 years ago and fulfilled the conditions that were left in the Old Testament concerning the return of the Messiah. You should study them. A great example would be to study Psalm 22 in comparison with Jesus' death, or Isaiah 53 as well (the Messiah would be as a sheep sent to the slaughter to die for our transgressions). Or even Isaiah 7:14 concerning the virgin conceiving a child, the Messiah. These are just a couple of signs.
There are not millions that go unanswered. I do know others that get their prayers answered too, but so many are not praying the way God taught them. Many give up after one prayer, not hearing the admonition of JESUS in Luke 18 to keep knocking until you get the answer, or they pray selfish prayers, not prayers like "Lord, use me for YOUR glory." People pray, "Help the hungry in Africa JESUS", but when He asks them to do it, they refuse. What gives?
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#447 Jul 30, 2012
As I said, I only mentioned 4 prayers here. I didn't want to flood the page, but it doesn't matter. Every prayer, no matter how big, is easy to dismiss and write off. You have proven that, as have MANY atheists. Why? It contradicts your beliefs. You want me to open my eyes to the idea that God isn't real, although I get results with Him in prayer and you don't. WHY would I bend my understanding to the lesser when I already have the greater? You would say, "You are deluded through your faith, and so when what you are praying for happens, you assume it is from God." This is a good argument, and a plausible one, and has been discussed before. Perhaps it is true, no? But let me ask you. Is it perhaps true that you might be deluded by the idea that it is all coincidence? Could there POSSIBLY be ANY chance at all that you may be wrong about God? If you can say 100% that God is not real, there is nothing I can say. If you can say that there is even 1% or less of a chance that God may be real and prayer may be real, then perhaps there is a chance for some fair, balanced discussion.
It is funny - I discussed the very scenario you mentioned in the next quote you posted. It is almost like you guys read the same FAQ page on discussions between atheists and Christians - you all are cookie cutter! LOL just kidding with you. If you want to convince yourself that the power of my thinking is so strong that I willed Noah into existence, I must have some real powers here! I am glad you are saying you are not possibly 100% correct - that means there is an avenue for discussion. But ask yourself this real question - is it truly plausible that I willed Noah into existence? Or even this - that Noah would have come anyway? Perhaps I was the only fertile guy, or maybe after 6-7 months of trying, finally one of my sperm made it through, while every other attempt by me or another man was futile - perhaps it was all coincidence. These are real possibilities, and although thedave couldn't grasp the concept that I did evaluate these claims (trust me, I have had harder conversations than what he was able to offer - his was hard-headed with NO room for discussion at all) I do evaluate them. They are fair discussion for the table. As for me, I KNOW God moves. I know He hears prayers. I have looked at the evidence, and weighed it according to scripture. I even mentioned about a friend who prayed for a dog that was lame in the two rear legs that now can walk. Trust me, I have not even gotten into a HUGE portion of answered prayers, nor visions fulfilled, etc. I simply gave a handful of examples. I didn't tell you about melanoma or gout coming out of the same individual by faith, or about a friend who spoke in tongues and it was understood in Yiddish by the Hebrew man, who then gave his heart to Jesus. These are only a few of the miracles I have seen and heard of.
You can examine the supernatural by putting God to the test. Pray according to His will. This is the test. If nothing happens, then there you go. But I put Him to the test daily, and He does not fail me.
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#448 Jul 30, 2012
I responded to the last part of your post, but lost it somehow, so I am going to just wrap up the last comment I made. If you want to test God, pray according to His will. One of the biggest tests I put to the faith was tithing. Before I began to tithe, I lived penny to penny. When I started tithing, I always had more than I did before I did not tithe. I am not going into all the biblical teaching on this, but God kept His end of the bargain. This is where faith comes to real levels - giving out of "need". You think you cannot afford to give to God, but the truth is that you cannot afford not to give to Him. He has truly blessed me in great ways since I began to be faithful to Him.
There are other things I had written too, but I am tired...going back to bed for a few before work.
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#449 Jul 30, 2012
Okay, sorry - nevermind...my last post is on here. It must have taken a minute or two to register...my apologies.
London, UK
#451 Jul 30, 2012
"What is more weak-minded - to see the possibility and examine it, or to instantly dismiss it without checking out its validity?"
have you tried praying to allah, zeus or any of the other gods...or have you dismissed them without checking out their validity?
"Even when thedave mentioned miracle claims in other religions, I did not dismiss them. I simply said I didn't know about them. It isn't fair for me to judge what I don't know about. "
you just dont wish to admit you dismiss them cause of the can of worms it opens for you. its a perfect example of the question-dodging i referred to earlier. as a christian you do dismiss them by default as you believe there is one true god, and that all others are imposters and idolatrous. is this not true?
so answer the question and dont say 'i only want to talk about jesus'- it doesnt work like that. you argue that your testimony of answered prayers and 'healing' are proof of god, so were these buddhists divinely healed or where they 'mistaken'?
"But even not counting that, to say there is no God is an infinitesimally small chance, considering how perfect this universe operates on one set of principles, or even how our planet sits so perfectly on an axis at the perfect distance from the sun, or that the blend of materials in the air are the perfect blend for life, etc. There are too many factors to dismiss the concept of God."
this is the god of the gaps argument 'we dont undertand this complexity therefore god did it'. as neil degrasse tyson states:'if THAT is how you want to invoke your evidence for god then god is an ever-receding pocket of scientific ignorance thats getting smaller and smaller and smaller as time goes on'.
"You CONFESS that you are helpless. That is the problem. If you speak death over yourself, then that is all you will receive. Life and death are in the power of the tongue."
speak death over yourself? what are you talking about. im sure he, along with myself and the rest of the sane population realise that death is inevitble as everyone in history who has ever lived has died. there is nothing more certain in life than death. wishful thoughts or saying 'i wont die' clearly doesnt stop death. to say they are 'in the power of the tongue' is sheer idiocy - something you think sounds cool and thoughtful and deep - but in reality doesnt make sense.
"Basically you deny "yourself" (your soul) and chalk it up to a blend of chemicals."
there is no such thing as a soul. there is only consciousness which science is getting much better at understanding. we know more of the understanding of the consciousness and human brain through neuro-science.
to deny having a soul does not deny the value and depths of consciousness and the immense diversity of character and individuality we have.
"Well, you stated it yourself - you have FAITH in something. Faith is for the weak-minded...unless we have faith in man only."
i covered this before - you just dont understand the word faith and especially the huge difference between faith and supernatural faith. i have faith the sun will set tonight, this is not the same as having 'faith' that the tooth fairy will give me money under my pillow if i lose a tooth. one is reasonable faith, the other isnt. all faith is not the same.
"I say God did it, and you say it was coincidence (every single answered prayer, not just the 4 I mentioned in the text). "
there are many, many, many more unanswered prayers than answered prayers
"after over a good year of study on Scientology, I would say it is one of the most sly, destructive cults around. "
actually id still say christianity has the edge over it there. there are 2billion christians in the world which greatly outnumber the number of scientologists...
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#452 Jul 30, 2012
Thedave, I prayed to Jesus and got results. He says "I am the way, the truth and the life - no man comes unto the Father but by me." I pray to the one who gives me results, so He cannot be lying, and then He specifically teaches that there is no other way. Why would I pray to another?
Plus, Allah did not come to this earth and die for your sin, nor did Zeus. Allah was a byproduct of Ishmael, who is of Abrahamic descent. Zeus was an imaginary god devised by the Greeks (BTW, love the old Greek stories - very colorful) who was later molded into Jupiter by the Romans to keep the control of the people they conquered.
So tell me - if I told you I would do something for you, and I kept my word, would you go looking elsewhere for someone to prove me wrong, or would you stick with me? I promised you something, and I came through with my end of the deal - wouldn't that make me the truthful one?
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PROVO — It's often said in the sports world that defense wins championships, and if that's the case, BYU has to love the chances of the women's soccer team. The defense has led the way for the Elite Eight-bound Cougars, who take on North Carolina tonight on BYU's south field.
Since giving up two goals in overtime to UC Irvine the first game of the year, the Cougar defense has been downright stingy. No team has scored more than a single goal against the BYU backline since that opener, and 12 of 23 opponents never found the back of the net.
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"She's the best defender I've ever played with or played against," appraised senior Carlee Payne Holmoe. "She is so strong and so physical. She's so hard to get past, so our backline is so lucky to have her back there. She just doesn't get beat, and if someone else does get beat, she's there to cover."
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"I think she brings a confidence even if she doesn't touch the ball," noted coach Jennifer Rockwood. "Her teammates and players around her have a confidence just knowing that she's capable of running anybody down, blocking shots, winning head balls, and it really brings the level of play of everyone around her up."
Rockwood noticed this ability when Cutshall was merely 14 years of age while playing for select soccer teams and for Park City High. Since arriving at BYU, the two-time All-American has put in the work necessary to realize the tremendous ability recognized early on.
That effort and work ethic only increased after a disappointing 2011 season that saw the highly talented Cougars left out of the NCAA tournament. Players won't soon forget watching the tournament selection show and the heartbreak of being left completely out.
The players didn't pout, but filed the disappointment away and determined to work harder than ever to make sure it didn't happen again.
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The team exceeded everyone's expectations and secured not only a conference championship, but a no. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament.
It was a collective effort led not only by Cutshall, but by a group of standout seniors who have contributed heavily to the team's success the last four seasons.
"It's a fantastic senior class," Rockwood said. "They came in together as freshmen and made a huge impact on our program as freshmen. We knew this was a great group of girls who would carry us through and in their senior years they've picked it up more."
Seniors such as Jessica Ringwood, Dana Oldroyd Cusick, Cami Jensen along with Cutshall and Holmoe have taken the lead and the team has benefited greatly by their leadership and play.
"I've loved playing with each and every one of them from freshman year until now," Cutshall said. "They're all amazing people and they all contribute something different."
Each player will need to provide top contributions Friday night against North Carolina. The Tar Heel program has been the premiere soccer program in the country and always brings a top level of talent to the table, including former Deseret News Ms. Soccer and U-20 Women's National team member Kealia Ohai, who prepped at Alta.
"I'm super excited," Cutshall said about the matchup. "In my four years I've never been given the opportunity to play them. They're a great team and I think with our home field advantage and the home crowd we draw that it will be a real exciting environment."
Regardless of what happens Friday night, Cutshall is grateful for her experience at BYU.
"It's sad to think it's coming to an end, but I couldn't be more grateful for the opportunity to play here," Cutshall said. "It's been an amazing experience and I've never played with teammates that are (this) amazing and that have such a desire to play this game. I've had amazing coaches that have taught me both on and off the field and as a person I've developed both on and off the field and I give the credit to my teammates and coaches."
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BRATISLAVA, Slovakia -- Goran Ivanisevic reveled in Croatia's historic Davis Cup triumph over Slovakia on Sunday after being a reluctant spectator all week.
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I love the theme.. Quick question.. Which .menu CSS code do I edit in order to change the width of the individual menu items?
all items now have the same padding that can be set with:
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Set the px(pixel) values as you want them.
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Can you tell me what font was used for the logo in the theme?
Hi sorry for late response. It is Google font called Open Sans bold
Hi, In the category I see only 5 posts. If I want to see all posts in the category, what should I change?
please check in admin – settings -reading what number you have set it.
does it have built in lightbox?
a Visual Composer gallery taht uses Prettyphoto can be used for galleries for example.
Did you meant for such functionality?
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Yes for that only….
Plus…can we disable featured image in post
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on a single post
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one option is to use additional css:
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if you need any asistance later, just contact us via the contact form on our Themeforest profile.
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How do we update the Wp Bakery plugin? Do we upload the zip file to the server or the unzipped file, it's very confusing, surely there should be an easier way to update the theme and the plugins to the latest version!
the most easy way now is to upload the new zip into the theme_folder/lib/plugins and then via admin delete the plugin and reinstall it, the pop up for install will appear.
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Hello! I just want to ask one thing. Is this theme able for full width post template? Thnank you!
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Only a month into the offseason, the NFL's most explosive wide receiver, Randy Moss, already has changed teams. In coming weeks, there will be plenty of rhetoric over the possibility that Indianapolis Colts tailback Edgerrin James could be dealt away. At least a half-dozen veterans have been granted permission by their current teams to seek out potential trade suitors.
OK, so the NFL hasn't exactly become a full-blown swapfest. Not like other American professional sports. But what Atlanta Falcons general manager Rich McKay for years has referred to as "The No-Trade League," because of the paucity of meaningful and high-profile deals, has seen a profound increase in wheeling and dealing the past couple of seasons, and there could be more to come.
"Frankly, yeah, I'm shocked," McKay acknowledged. "To do a trade in this league, you need a lot of elements to come together to get something done. You have to have two teams willing to participate, agreement on compensation, and then you still have to deal with the salary cap [implications]. That's a lot of layers. It's a lot of pieces."
Teams have been more successful of late, however, in making the trade pieces fit.
Last season, there were trades involving 11 wide receivers, nine of them starters. The Washington Redskins and Denver Broncos struck a megadeal involving tailback Clinton Portis and perennial Pro Bowl cornerback Champ Bailey, among the NFL's premier performers at their respective positions. Defensive end Adewale Ogunleye, who led the AFC in sacks in 2003, was dealt to the Chicago Bears. Big-time playmakers such as Terrell Owens, Marty Booker, David Boston and Keyshawn Johnson all gained new addresses in trades.
The coming weeks, particularly in the days leading up to the NFL draft April 23-24, could bring considerable action in the suddenly resuscitated trade market.
The most compelling name that will be rumored in trade talks almost certainly will be that of James, who seems intent on either talking his way or dealing his way away from the Colts. Word is that newly retained agent Drew Rosenhaus already has floated some long-term contract numbers to Indianapolis officials and that there is a wide disparity between what James is seeking and what the Colts might pay. The Colts can essentially force James to play under the "franchise" marker for a year, but if team officials are concerned their star runner will boycott camp, they might become more inclined to cut a deal that would bring them several high-round draft choices.
Rosenhaus has a proven track record for stirring things up and for being able to create trade opportunities for unhappy clients. That is part of James' rationale in hiring him.
But there figure to be trade discussions on a lot of fronts in the offseason and, while some league observers aren't ready yet to concede the end of "The No-Trade League" as we have known it for many years, there has been a not-so-subtle shift in thinking.
"There aren't as many barriers now as there used to be," one owner said at the Indianapolis scouting combine. "Teams have done a much better job of managing their caps and there is more space now to absorb a trade. But we're never going to be a big trade league like baseball, no matter what happens, really. It's still a sport that isn't all that conducive to trading. But that being said, yes, [trades] are on the upswing, and I think teams are more open now to discussing them."
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One of the mysteries of the first few days of free agency is the dearth of action that Pittsburgh wide receiver Plaxico Burress is garnering on the market. The wide receiver pool has been quickly drained by signings (Derrick Mason in Baltimore and Muhsin Muhammad in Chicago) and re-signings (T.J. Houshmandzadeh in Cincinnati and Jerry Porter with Oakland) and trades (Randy Moss to the Raiders). It's hard to argue that Burress isn't the best wideout still available. But the phone isn't exactly ringing off the hook. There have been a few exploratory calls to agent Michael Harrison, but nothing of substance yet, and teams are telling Burress' new representative they have other priorities to address and might not be ready to visit with the Steelers veteran until next week. The preliminary discussion that Harrison had with Minnesota officials Thursday, and which was ballyhooed by one wire service, actually was initiated by the agent. The New York Giants unofficially floated some contract parameters this week, ESPN.com has learned, but their proposal averaged less than $4 million per year and the signing bonus was less than $5 million. Burress is said to be seeking a contract that approximates the six-year deal Muhammad inked with the Bears, a deal that includes $12 million in total guarantees and will pay the nine-year veteran $16 million in its first three seasons. Burress has to be wondering, however, whether he'll get anything close to that. "Let's just say [Plaxico] thought he'd either be on a plane by now or already signed," a close Burress friend said Wednesday afternoon, the first day of the signing period. What is somewhat puzzling is that, despite some past off-field indiscretions, Burress was a model citizen for the Steelers in 2004. His reception totals were down, thanks in part to injuries and playing with a rookie quarterback, but he bit his tongue. Taking a page from the book of teammate Hines Ward, he concentrated more on his downfield blocking in Pittsburgh's run-heavy offense, and definitely put the team ahead of himself. The rehabilitation of his persona and newfound maturity haven't translated into Burress moving to the front burner of teams looking to heat up their passing attack, though.
Another player we love in free agency, and who appears to be generating just tepid interest in the first week of the signing period, is Washington cornerback Fred Smoot. The four-year veteran has become a topflight corner over the past two seasons and has grown up off the field, but isn't getting nearly the play some lesser cover guys have experienced in the opening days of the market. Smoot turned down an extension offer during the season that would have paid him a $10 million signing bonus. Lesser-known cornerback Anthony Henry of Cleveland got $10 million to sign as an unrestricted free agent in Dallas. Seattle's Ken Lucas received a $13 million to $14 million bonus when he signed Thursday with Carolina. Those deals, one would assume, should help establish the market for Smoot, but first there has to be a market for his services. Let's be clear: There is interest in Smoot but not yet to the level everyone felt there would be. The Redskins still have a standing offer on the table for the $10 million signing bonus Smoot rejected earlier.
Quarterback carousel: The Arizona Cardinals will avidly pursue Kurt Warner, who visited with team officials this week, and who also is scheduled to meet with the Bears and Lions. Speculation is that the Cardinals prefer Brad Johnson, who played for coach Dennis Green in Minnesota, but that isn't the case. Warner is the guy the Cardinals have No. 1 on their wish list, and Johnson is their fallback option. Jeff Garcia is weighing his options and appears to be leaning toward accepting the backup role in Denver rather than signing with the Lions. Jay Fiedler has interest from the Giants and Bears. Miami is still the most likely landing spot for Gus Frerotte. Venerable Rodney Peete, released this week by Carolina for salary-cap reasons, will re-sign with the Panthers for the minimum base salary. Teams looking for a solid young backup could do worse than to consider restricted free agent J.T. O'Sullivan of Green Bay. The three-year veteran, who spent the first two years of his career with New Orleans, is an intriguing guy and carries only a sixth-round price tag as compensation if someone signed him away from the Packers. The youngster is bright, has a good enough arm and really has a command of the West Coast-style offense.
There aren't many bigger supporters of LaMont Jordan than we are. We've always touted him as a potentially great back and chided the Jets every time they vowed to give him more playing time in camp and then reneged once the season started. That said, you have to wonder what the Oakland Raiders were thinking when they awarded Jordan a five-year, $27.5 million contract this week, a deal that included $11 million in total guarantees. For sure, the Raiders were desperate for a tailback to complement their new and potentially explosive deep passing attack with Randy Moss and Jerry Porter. That's the kind of money you lay out for a proven back, a guy with multiple 1,000-yard seasons and a few trips to the Pro Bowl. As good as Jordan has been as the backup to Curtis Martin, with a 4.9-yard average per rush in four seasons, here are some sobering realities: He has averaged just 65.5 attempts per season not, of course, by choice. Jordan has never carried the ball more than 93 times in a season and never more than 13 times in a game. Jordan has never rushed for even 500 yards in a season and is being paid like a guy who annually puts up triple that number. Sure, one might note that Jordan, 26, heads to Oakland on very fresh legs, given his lack of work. But the tailbacks in a Norv Turner-designed offense have averaged 326.6 carries per year during his stints as a coordinator and head coach. That's more rushes than Jordan has for his career, and about triple the number of carries he posted in 2004, his busiest season. As noted, we love Jordan and always have, but the Raiders went a little overboard to snatch him from the Jets, who had offered a deal averaging about $3 million per year.
You think Cincinnati owner Mike Brown didn't cringe when he saw those gaudy LaMont Jordan contract figures? Brown's team will try to negotiate a long-term contract with Rudi Johnson, even though the Bengals' tailback early this week signed the one-year qualifying offer, of $6.323 million, for a "franchise" player at the position. The feeling has been that the Cincinnati choking point on a long-term deal for Johnson is about five years, $25 million, with a signing bonus in the $8 million range. Anything beyond that and the Bengals would probably just let their star play under the one-year deal and begin grooming 2004 first-rounder Chris Perry to become the starter in 2006. But the Jordan contract provides Johnson's agents, no day at the beach under the best of circumstances, plenty of ammunition for seeking a monster deal. And they would be justified, working off the Jordan numbers, in doing so. In his breakout '04 season, Johnson posted more carries (361), yards (1,454) and touchdowns (12) than Jordan has in four seasons. Yep, that noise you just heard was Mike Brown reaching into the medicine cabinet for the Pepto-Bismol.
A month ago in this spot, we opined that offensive guards, who typically don't draw much interest in free agency and rarely land pricey deals, might become hot commodities in free agency this year. The response from some quarters was incredulity. But just a few days into free agency, the guard market has been pretty good, we think even most of the skeptics would agree. Marco Rivera got a $9 million signing bonus to leave Green Bay for Dallas. The Detroit Lions, who awarded Damien Woody a $9 million signing bonus last spring, would have matched the Dallas offer for Rivera. The Packers' other starting guard, Mike Wahle, pocketed a $10 million bonus from Carolina. Some people would put an asterisk next to that one, since Wahle figures to play right tackle, and that raised his value. But as of Thursday night, Panthers coaches were insisting that Wahle start off at left guard, the position he played in Green Bay, at the outset of camp this summer. Joe Andruzzi didn't quite break the bank the way Wahle and Rivera did, but he got a four-year deal worth $9 million in going from New England to Cleveland and will earn $3 million in 2005. The Patriots' offer to Andruzzi, in terms of per-year average, didn't come close to what he got from the Browns. A few more guards in the free-agent market Cosey Coleman (Tampa Bay), Rick DeMulling (Indianapolis) and Keydrick Vincent (Pittsburgh) figure to land solid deals. The point four weeks ago was that, although guards will never approximate the earnings of offensive tackles, their salaries were likely to rise in free agency. A week into the signing period, that already seems to be the case.
Don't be surprised if the Cleveland Browns, who are in the midst of a big-time roster housecleaning, put starting center Jeff Faine on the trading block. The new regime in Cleveland isn't nearly as enamored with Faine, the Browns' first-round choice in '03, as the Butch Davis staff was. Davis chose Faine over the objections of his personnel and medical department and, two years later, there are concerns about the center's loss of weight and reduction in power. At the scouting combine last week, new general manager Phil Savage candidly used the term "dire straits" in referring to the team's interior offensive line situation, and he wasn't just talking about the guards. The aim of the Browns seems to be to replace all three inside starters. One guard will be Joe Andruzzi, who signed earlier this week as a free agent. The Browns also visited with Tampa Bay guard Cosey Coleman, although their modest offer to him didn't result in a deal. Coaches who have watched tape from the 2004 season feel that Melvin Fowler, who took over at center when Faine was injured, played better than the former first-rounder. A restricted free agent who was tendered a one-year qualifying offer, Fowler could well be the starter for the Browns in 2005.
Those teams waiting for the Buffalo Bills to drop their asking price in trade talks for backup tailback Travis Henry might not want to hold their breath. The Bills afforded Henry and his agent permission to speak to other teams about a trade several weeks ago, and that elicited pretty good interest, since the veteran runner remains a quality back. But the Bills aren't inclined to just give Henry away. It will take a first-day draft choice to pry him away from the Bills, and no one has offered that yet. A proposed trade that would have sent Henry to Arizona in exchange for offensive tackle L.J. Shelton appears dead. The Cardinals wanted Henry to play under the terms of his Buffalo contract, but he wanted an extension. It now looks as though the Cardinals, who feel the running back class in the 2005 draft is a very deep one, will pluck a back from the lottery. And it appears the most likely destination for Shelton is Chicago, where he could play left tackle and permit the Bears to keep John Tait on the right side, which he prefers. The Bills have made preliminary contact with some veteran free-agent backs, just as a contingency. If they do find a buyer for Henry, the Bills want an experienced backup who could log maybe six to eight carries per game, and who could serve as mentor to Willis McGahee.
It isn't a particularly strong free agent crop for safeties but the pool is about to get a little bit deeper. ESPN.com has confirmed the Green Bay Packers will release safety Darren Sharper in the next few days, rather than pay him a roster bonus of $2.6 million that is due on March 12. The eight-year veteran is coming off a season in which he played much of the year with a partially torn posterior cruciate ligament and, clearly, his performance suffered a bit. But Sharper, at age 29, is still a viable starter in the league and the former Pro Bowl performer will bring experience and well-documented playmaker skills to some team. One official from an AFC team told ESPN.com that he felt Sharper could provide "the right team," the kind of boost safety Rodney Harrison brought to New England when the Pats signed him as a free agent two years ago. "He isn't as big a hitter (as Harrison) but he's got much better range," said the club official. The Packers still need to carve out some cap room and Sharper's charge of $8.63 million for 2005 is too steep for Green Bay to carry. Sharper has rebuffed attempts by the Packers to reduce his deal.
Let's clear up some confusion about University of Virginia offensive lineman Elton Brown, probably the top guard prospect in the 2005 draft. A lot of folks reported that Brown bolted the combine last weekend without telling league officials that he was going back home. Not true. Brown never planned to participate in the workouts, went through the physical exam and interview process, then left. He informed combine officials of his plans and was excused.
Having released starting right offensive tackle Fred Miller in the bloody salary-cap purge in which six veterans lost their jobs, the Tennessee Titans were in no position to jettison venerable left tackle Brad Hopkins, even though his performance has slipped a bit in recent years as he battled knee problems. But Hopkins, who will be 35 when he begins his 13th season in September, all but assured himself of retaining his job when he quietly agreed this week to a restructured contract. Truth be told, the three-year extension likely won't extend Hopkins' career much, if at all, beyond the 2005 campaign. But it provided the cap-strapped Titans much needed relief by allowing Tennessee to prorate much of the $3.25 million in base salary due Hopkins, once one of the NFL's premier pass protectors, over five years. Hopkins reduced his base salary from $3.25 million to $765,000, the minimum for a veteran of his tenure, and the Titans paid him the $2.485 million balance as a signing bonus. Hopkins is due a roster bonus of $1.25 million next March and a base salary of $4.25 million. Chances are he will never see that money. Certainly he won't ever cash in on the $23 million the Titans added to his deal by extending it through 2009. For 2007-09, the extension part of the deal, Hopkins is due base salaries of $6 million per season, with a $5 million option bonus trigger. As usual, it was some creative bookkeeping by Titans general manager Floyd Reese, but it allowed Hopkins to escape the salary-cap ax that fell on a half-dozen of his teammates.
A contract restructuring from which both sides appeared to benefit was the Thursday deal struck between the Bucs and starting left defensive end Greg Spires. In that deal, for five years at $17.1 million, Spires received more than $5 million in bonus money, $2.3 million immediately, then $3 million in subsequent rosters bonuses. The base salaries are $665,000 (for 2005), $1 million (2006), $2 million (2007), $3.9 million (2008) and $4.2 million (2009). The final year of the contract is voidable. The contract is key for many reasons, not the least of which is that Spires is a terrific, high-energy player, certainly undersized, but a defender who nonetheless is extremely productive. And by completing the deal, the Bucs dodged what could have become an acrimonious situation. Spires and agent Drew Rosenhaus contended that, in a gentlemen's agreement, Tampa Bay officials had agreed to release the veteran end if a long-term deal could not be reached. Coming off a career year in 2004, one in which he posted 86 tackles and eight sacks, Spires would certainly have generated interest in the open market. Finally, the Bucs benefited from the extension because it provided them more cap room, a commodity they desperately needed.
Punts: University of Texas linebacker Derrick Johnson is the consensus top prospect at his position, and most teams agree he will be off the draft board by the middle of the first round. But a few scouts worry that Johnson is a "run-around" defender, a pursuit guy who doesn't take on blocks well and sheds poorly. After losing standout cornerback Ken Lucas to Carolina, the Seahawks already are considering possible replacements. They have shown some early interest in trading for Patrick Surtain of Miami and also are considering unrestricted free agent Andre Dyson of the Titans. Two young and productive linebackers who can run and are getting solid play in the early stages of free agency are Matt Stewart of Atlanta and Denver's Donnie Spragan. The Jaguars have given strong safety Donovin Darius, who signed the one-year qualifying offer for a "franchise" player for the third year in a row, permission to find a potential trade suitor. Detroit has some interest in Darius, who really improved his cover skills in 2004, but the Lions will meet this weekend with unrestricted free agent Kenoy Kennedy of Denver, and they might like him a little better. Landing a quality tackle such as Kareem McKenzie is a big catch for the Giants, who must improve the offensive line they put in front of Eli Manning in 2005. Minnesota is actively trying to land a quality cornerback and, as one of its many options, has inquired about Surtain. Defensive end Derrick Burgess of Philadelphia, who had a tremendous postseason with three sacks, is starting to draw attention and will meet with Miami officials next week. University of Miami cornerback Antrel Rolle had a superb campus workout Thursday, running in the 4.4's and alleviating scouts' concerns about a possible lack of speed.
Len Pasquarelli is a senior NFL writer for ESPN.com. To check out Len's chat archive, click here.


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Critical thinking through questions
We wander through life as if everything is normal, but it's not.
Imagine if you were a child again, experiencing everything in the world for the first time. Everything is bizarre, not normal. Why does the orange fall when I drop it? How does food suddenly appear, and where does it come from? You would question things to find out how the world functions, and you would be confused, bewildered, and shocked. You would rely on others.